Golden Age of Radio
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The Golden Age of Radio, also known as the old-time radio era, was an era of radio in the United States where it was the dominant electronic home entertainment medium. It began with the birth of comme
Radios for sale in an Ohio store, 1930s
Rehearsal for the World War II radio show You Can't Do Business with Hitler with John Flynn and Virginia Moore. This series of programs, broadcast at least once weekly by more than 790 radio stations in the United States, was written and produced by the radio section of the Office of War Information (OWI).
Radio-related World War II propaganda poster
The War of the Worlds radio broadcast by Orson Welles on electrical transcription disc
Mel Blanc
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Melvin Jerome Blanc was an American voice actor and radio personality whose career spanned over sixty years. Referred to as "The Man of a Thousand Voices", he is widely regarded as the greatest and mo
Golden Age of Radio
…Miss Brooks. Radio comedy ran the gamut from the small town humor of Lum and Abner, Herb Shriner and Minnie Pearl to the dialect characterizations of Mel Blanc and the caustic sarcasm of Henry Morgan. Popular comedies included Stop Me If You've Heard This One and Can You Top This?, panel programs devoted to…
Blanc in 1959
The Wabbit Who Came to Supper
The cast of The Jack Benny Program, from left to right: Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Dennis Day, Phil Harris, Mary Livingstone, Jack Benny, Don Wilson, and Mel Blanc
Blanc in 1975